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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekas donkey

chkweges hair seal

chmegok coyote

chmuuk wild cat, bobcat

chorime'w "the name of the beaver in a myth"

chulu ni negenich jumping mouse

chyr'r'y black bear

ch'ishah dog

hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hekwsa' whale

hekwsa' 'u-mr'rx baleen

heyomus skunk

hlkelikra' shrew, mole

hlkrhlkrpich spotted fawn

hotmon baby rabbit

hrk'wrh

Hup'oo ni hrk'wrh jackrabbit

karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

keget panther, puma, mountain lion

kegor porpoise

kepchenish fawn

krychrgrh braid one's hair, mink

krychrhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kwechoyekw ground squirrel

kwegeru'r pig, hog

kyeseks gopher

kyosekws gopher

lepchoh fur

le'go' fisher

megesik weasel

megokw dog, barking dog

megrsik weasel

meruh chego'onep' five-point buck

mewihl elk

mewihl 'we-s'ech elk horn

mr'rh skin, hide, fur of animal

mulah horse

musmus cow, bull, cattle

negenich mouse, bastard child

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nekwel porcupine

nepe'wishneg otter

nikwech grizzly bear

noykwos shrew

pegihl musmus bull

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

pe'wish lake porpoise

pli'wes gray squirrel

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

ponches white deer

prgr'm seal

pusi cat, house cat

puuk deer, deer meat

puuktek deer

segep coyote

shiip sheep

skelikra' gopher

skoyom bat (animal)

smechken chipmunk

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

tegi'n porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

teguuk dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tesir beaver

tohsoh doe

trgrs rat

tuuup flying squirrel

twegoh raccoon

wehlkem groundhog

wentokws female (animal or bird)

wohpunika' sea otter

wrgrs fox

wrych'rk puppy

wrych'rks puppy

'echkwoh sea lion

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lepsun down

'rhlkrh female dog, bitch

'wahchehl civet cat

'wrhlkr'ishneg wolf